Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Economic revolutions

[phillp2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Dennis,
Yes, Slovenia has done quite nicely -- but then there has not been
a father figure for years.  To the extent there was, he became the
president of the new Republic.  To the best of my knowledge, there
has been no EU money for the environment.  etc.

Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba and Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Date sent:      	Fri, 6 Oct 2000 17:10:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:           	Dennis Robert Redmond <dredmond@xxxxxxx>
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Subject:        	[PEN-L:2741] Re: Re: Re: Re: Economic revolutions
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> On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Louis Proyect wrote:
>
> > the fact remains that every
> > one of these uprisings in Eastern Europe have left the people worse off. In
> > Yugoslavia, ten years ago, the Serbs decided to choose another road. Now
> > imperialism has made them "cry uncle".
>
> Whence this fetishism of Eastern European state-party father-figures? Per
> capita GDP in Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic is higher now than
> in 1989, and many of these economies are growing pretty fast. Unemployment
> is much higher, yes, but military spending is way down, and some of the
> worst environmental problems are finally starting to be addressed, with
> the help of EU money. And now you can criticize the Gov't without
> not-so-secret police stuffing batons down your throat.
>
> Fidel led a revolution; Milosevic led a privatization.
>
> -- Dennis
>